Yes look into medicaid. that is how i get most of my equipment for
marcus. tricare wont cover the things i need. as for ssi its done on
a sliding scale based on income. i currently get $580 a month and
that is the highest u can get here. The only reason i get that much
is cuz my husband hasnt lived in the home for more than a year. so
they dont count his income. i dont deal with developmental dr at
all. my last experience wasnt so good. its going to be a fight the
whole way.
--- In militaryfamiliesautismsupport@yahoogroups.com, Christine
Jorgensen <chrismeara@y...> wrote:
> I just found out about it too. It will only pay after
> your state resources are used up. Apply for your state
> medicaid program, here in connecticut they have an
> extra program that will cover speech,ot, etc. Contact
> your state department of mental health too. Tricare is
> famous for not paying for anything!! I know, I've been
> there. They denied us speech therapy for my son. They
> said it was not medically necessary. Right, the kid
> was non verbal at the time (3yrs old). The waiting
> list for developmental pediatricians can be up to 3
> years. Contact your local easter seals society.
> They'll have developmental pediatricians that go there
> every few months. A lot of them don't take tricare, so
> I would definitely call easter seals.
> Good luck!!
> Chris in CT
> --- bris_sunshine <bris_sunshine@y...> wrote:
> > The whole time we have been in TriCare, I have never
> > heard of this
> > program. However, I recently came across it on
> > their website. I
> > was just wondering (in simple terms) what this
> > program is usually
> > used for. Could it be used to cover a drs appt with
> > a non-network
> > dr? I know that it also states that it will cover
> > services not
> > covered in an ISP. What if I don't believe that the
> > amount of time
> > that they are providing in the ISP isn't enough?
> > Counld PFPWD be
> > used towards that? Has anyone done this with any
> > success? Would
> > PFPWD cover items like weighted vests, swings, etc?
> >
> > I know it says that there is like a copayment on
> > this as well, based
> > on your rank. Does anyone know what the payment is
> > on it for a Army
> > SGT with 8 yrs? We are a single income family and
> > to have an extra
> > $1000 a month to spend on services and equipment
> > thru TriCare would
> > be wonderful, as long as I didn't have to pay too
> > much outta pocket.
> >
> > I am full of questions, now that I finally have a
> > place to turn to
> > with my concerns and questions.
> >
> > How hard has it been for others to get SSI? We were
> > turned down
> > once before when we lived off post, and they said it
> > was because my
> > husband had been receiving US savings bonds since he
> > enlisted. We
> > are stopping those as we have found that the onces
> > we were getting
> > were pretty much pointless, and we are slowly
> > cashing them in to pay
> > off some bills. Without those, I am hoping that we
> > can get SSI for
> > Sierra.
> >
> > Well, I think that pretty much covers it at this
> > time. I am sure I
> > will think of something else once I sit and think
> > for awhile. Hope
> > I don't wear you guys out with all my questions.
> >
> > Thanks for listening and helping.
> > Jessica in KY
> > Jennifer age 7 dx w/ADHD
> > Sierra age 3 dx w/autism
> >
> >
>
>
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